Master of Islamic Jurisprudence and Its Principles
Course Outcomes
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Program sections (12)
Required Specialized Program Requirements
5112133Scientific Research Methods and Applications of Artificial Intelligence3
- Knowledge and Understanding: The student explains the relationship between the research problem in fiqh and usul, its method, plan, and sources as integrated elements, and distinguishes among the methods of the humanities according to the nature of the research question.
- Analysis: The student analyzes multiple fiqh and usul sources, distinguishes their ranks, evaluates their authority, and assesses their suitability for his or her research question, going beyond the binary description (primary/secondary).
- Application: The student selects the research method appropriate to a specific research problem, justifying its selection and its limits, and designs a research plan that employs a digital tool or artificial intelligence as one of its components.
- Research Skills: The student commits to academic integrity in all its dimensions (attribution of ideas, correctness of citation, intellectual property rights, and limits on the use of artificial intelligence tools) in documenting his or her research.
- Critique and Comparison: The student evaluates the output of an artificial intelligence tool, verifies its claims, texts, and references by reference to recognized sources, and then determines the limits of its benefit.
- Professional and Digital Skills: The student employs digital tools and artificial intelligence applications operationally in collecting, analyzing, and organizing information within the stages of research.
5122131UAE Legislation on Civil and Commercial Transactions3
- CLO1 – The student surveys the structure of the UAE legislative system, its sources, and its fields of application.
- CLO2 – The student compares the jurisprudential ruling formulated on selected civil and commercial issues with the UAE legislative text that regulates them, identifying points of agreement and divergence and their causes and effects in application.
- CLO3 – The student applies Sharia and legal knowledge in drafting memoranda and jurisprudential opinions written in a professional manner to support matters related to civil and commercial transactions within the context of UAE legislation.
- CLO4 – The student analyzes the jurisprudential rulings and UAE legislative texts regulating the selected issues in civil and commercial transactions, grounding them in their related principles and rules.
- CLO5 – The student completes a research study that adopts a comparison between Islamic jurisprudence and UAE laws and legislation relating to civil and commercial transactions, relying on recognized scientific research methods.
- CLO6 – The student commits to academic integrity and precision in dealing with legislative texts, and observes the limits of competence and professional controls when giving a jurisprudential opinion in an institutional context.
5112114Jurisprudential Theories and Legal Maxims3
- CLO1 – Knowledge and Understanding
- The student explains the meaning of jurisprudential theories and legal maxims, the difference between them, and their importance in broadening jurisprudential inference.
- CLO2 – Analysis
- The student analyzes rulings in light of the maxims and theories and explains their effect on grounding and guidance.
- CLO3 – Application
- The student evaluates the soundness of the use of a maxim or theory in ijtihad and its suitability.
- CLO4 – Research Skills
- The student uses jurisprudential theories and maxims correctly in assessing the Sharia inference of newly arising jurisprudential matters.
- CLO5 – Critique and Comparison
- The student compares different rulings, jurisprudential opinions, and Sharia ijtihad in light of differences in the maxims or in the methods of applying them.
- LO6 – Professional and Digital Skills
- The student employs indexes, databases, and digital libraries in scientific research in accordance with recognized scientific standards.
5112109Methods of Usuli Inference3
- CLO1 – Knowledge and Understanding
- The student distinguishes the structure of the methods and the points at which they operate in the usuli argument.
- CLO2 – Analysis
- The student analyzes evidences, explains their manner of signification, critiques their sources, and explains the manner of inference from them.
- CLO3 – Application
- The student demonstrates the strength of Sharia inference, the soundness of the inferential structure, and its points of strength and weakness.
- CLO4 – Research Skills
- The student evaluates inference in a contemporary case until he or she is capable of performing this function independently.
- CLO5 – Critique and Comparison
- The student compares different methods of inference and the opinions and rulings built upon those methods.
- 6CLO – Professional and Digital Skills
- The student employs indexes, databases, and digital libraries in scientific research in accordance with recognized scientific standards.
5112102Methodology for Studying Contemporary Jurisprudential Issues3
- Distinguishes the methodological stages for building jurisprudential rulings on newly arising cases, arranging them with precision:
- Analyzes the contemporary case by breaking down its components and extracting the attributes that affect the ruling, from trustworthy specialists:
- Applies the appropriate inferential instrument from usuli rules, jurisprudential rules, or the objectives of Sharia according to their ranks and functions in the stages of derivation, demonstrating how it is applied in the methodical construction of the ruling on the case:
- Prepares complete research studies of contemporary cases from description through to ruling:
- Compares the multiple jurisprudential classifications of the case, and weighs the ijtihad and opinions issued concerning it, preferring the stronger view on the basis of Sharia evidences while bearing in mind the rules and objectives and taking the consequences into account:
- Formulates the jurisprudential ruling on the case in a sound and reasoned manner, based on the outputs of the steps of derivation and with regard to the consequences of the act and the change of circumstances:
5122130Jurisprudence of the Halal Industry3
- Explains the jurisprudential, objectives-based foundations and the rules governing the halal industry and its supply and certification processes:
- Analyzes the components of food, pharmaceutical products, and additives, and derives their rulings under the rules of transformation (istihala), impurities, and the provisions of slaughter:
- Applies the Sharia standards, approved specifications, and relevant UAE requirements to a specific product or service:
- Completes in-depth jurisprudential research on newly arising cases and issues in supply chains and complex manufacturing processes:
- Evaluates contemporary practices and audit and certification systems, comparing jurisprudential and institutional ijtihad in a systematic critical manner:
- Drafts specialized jurisprudential memoranda and Sharia consultations to ensure Sharia compliance within the halal system, taking into account the standards governing halal products in the United Arab Emirates:
5122129Jurisprudence of Contemporary Financial Transactions3
- The student explains the contractual structuring of contemporary financial contracts and products:
- The student analyzes emerging financial issues and practices and evaluates them on the basis of Sharia evidences, rules, and objectives, in light of the governing Sharia standards:
- The student distinguishes between permissible and impermissible financial contracts, products, and practices, justifying his or her conclusions in light of the evidences, objectives, and Sharia standards, and proposing practical alternatives to the non-compliant forms:
- The student prepares refereed, methodical scholarly research on contemporary financial issues:
- The student compares the resolutions of contemporary jurisprudential councils with the practices of Sharia supervisory boards, particularly in the UAE:
- The student applies Sharia standards (such as the standards of AAOIFI) in reviewing and designing financial products:
5112107Zakat and Waqf and Their Contemporary Applications3
- Jurisprudential and Institutional Analysis: Analyzes the jurisprudential problems and contemporary issues in the zakat base and waqf assets and their institutional sources, based on Maliki and comparative jurisprudence.
- Application and Sharia Standards: Applies the approved Sharia and accounting standards in calculating corporate zakat, and in classifying investment waqf products and modern funds.
- Evaluation and Governance: Evaluates the governance rules of waqf and zakat institutions, their investment instruments, and their financial management in light of the legislative environment of the UAE.
- Comparison and Regulatory Linkage: Links contemporary ijtihad to the UAE regulations and laws issued concerning zakat and waqf, evaluating and clarifying their practical effects.
- Systematic Research: Completes research papers and reasoned jurisprudential memoranda relating to the financial and regulatory issues of zakat and waqf in accordance with refereed academic methods.
- Professional and Digital Skills: Employs digital platforms, technical tools, and governance standards in calculating zakat, evaluating trusteeship, and managing waqf and zakat institutions with a high degree of professionalism in the UAE context.
5121125Institutional Ijtihad and Contemporary Fatwa3
- CLO1 – Knowledge and Understanding
- The student explains the meaning of collective and institutional ijtihad and its importance in sound Sharia inference.
- CLO2 – Analysis
- The student analyzes Sharia rulings soundly on the basis of the rules of collective and institutional ijtihad.
- CLO3 – Application
- The student surveys the methods of institutional ijtihad and collective fatwa and the mechanisms by which academies and Sharia boards operate.
- CLO4 – Research Skills
- The student uses the mechanisms of collective and institutional ijtihad correctly in deriving Sharia rulings for newly arising jurisprudential matters.
- CLO5 – Critique and Comparison
- The student compares ijtihad rulings and jurisprudential opinions, based on the mechanisms of collective and institutional ijtihad of the different fatwa institutions, in similar cases.
- LO6 – Professional and Digital Skills
- The student employs indexes, databases, and digital libraries in scientific research in accordance with recognized scientific standards.
5112123Objectives of Sharia and Their Impact on Emerging Issues3
- CLO1 – Knowledge and Understanding
- The student defines the nature of the objectives of Sharia and their importance in sound Sharia inference.
- CLO2 – Analysis
- The student analyzes jurisprudential inference, explaining where the objective lies within it, and the extent to which it is soundly established and applied to the issue.
- CLO3 – Application
- The student evaluates the strength or weakness of jurisprudential ijtihad in establishing an objective, its rank, its connection to the case, and the consideration of the circumstance and its consequences.
- CLO4 – Research Skills
- The student uses the objectives of Sharia correctly in deriving Sharia rulings in the research of emerging jurisprudential matters.
- CLO5 – Critique and Comparison
- The student analyzes the effect of differences in determining the objective, its rank, or the method of applying it on differences in jurisprudential results.
- CLO6 – Professional and Digital Skills
- The student employs indexes, databases, and digital libraries in objectives-based scientific research, in tracing jurisprudential sources, and in surveying objectives-based applications in jurisprudential ijtihad.
5121122Emerging Issues in Artificial Intelligence and Modern Technologies3
- 1. Explains the technical concepts and operating mechanisms of artificial intelligence applications and modern technologies in the digital space.
- 2. Classifies newly arising technical cases jurisprudentially by referring them to their counterparts and their roots, demonstrating the basis of Sharia inference for their rulings.
- 3. Applies jurisprudential and usuli rules to explain the rulings on liability, rights, and obligations arising from modern technologies and autonomous intelligent systems.
- 4. Completes in-depth systematic research on technical cases that combines precision in technical description, soundness of classification, and depth of jurisprudential inference.
- 5. Evaluates the international charters regulating artificial intelligence, and compares them with the objectives of Sharia and national legislation.
- 6. Formulates Sharia and ethical treatments and controls for the safe dealing with technology, drawing on the legislative context and the UAE's vision.